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[Sapphire Sebright]

My husband.

 

[MarkJr]

Never mind. Used on a loved one..... hard pass

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Wooooowww....

Woooowww!

I don't know whether to throw up or grin madly! That's so cool!
(And gross. But cool!)

I am so weird.
I'm pretty sure that everybody in my family, aside from my mother, would immediately leave the vicinity if I started talking about maggot therapy.

 

[MarkJr]

I am so weird.
Aside from maybe my mother, I'm pretty sure that everybody in my family would immediately leave the vicinity if I started talking about maggot therapy.

Or leaches for circulation.

 

[Painted Calls]

Whew.
Administering them wouldn’t be too bad.

It's pretty interesting. They don't exactly "dump" out of the vials. They are also so incredibly small and easily smooshed when using fingers. Wound up that using cotton swabs worked the best.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I am so weird.
Aside from maybe my mother, I'm pretty sure that everybody in my family would immediately leave the vicinity if I started talking about maggot therapy.

Debridement also looks really interesting to me, but it's also horrifying. Thank heavens for anesthesia and expert surgeons -- I'd hate to have that done while awake or drawn out enough that I started to wake up while they were still doing it.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

It's pretty interesting. They don't exactly "dump" out of the vials. They are also so incredibly small and easily smooshed when using fingers. Wound up that using cotton swabs worked the best.

Would tiny spoons work, too? Like the kinds that they use for bumblefoot surgery -- what are those called, again? Teeny-tiny scoopy thingies.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Nursing is going to be an experience, even if I don't see/help with/do this therapy stuff and debridement.
I can't wait!

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Whoa.
Did you know that clean maggots can be used to clean out wounds as a way of getting rid of dead tissue?
Ew.
But also fascinating.

And I doubt that that's the weirdest thing that they do!

 

[Painted Calls]

Debridement also looks really interesting to me, but it's also horrifying. Thank heavens for anesthesia and expert surgeons -- I'd hate to have that done while awake or drawn out enough that I started to wake up while they were still doing it.

That's actually why we tried maggots. I am quite experienced in debridement.

Little piece of advice - don't ever trust the surgeons with debridement. They just like to cut. Trust a wound care team first. Being awake for it isn't nearly as bad as you would think. Promise.